The Plains leopard frog (Rana blairi) It is sometimes referred to as Blair's leopard frog, named after the noted zoologist and University of Texas professor, Dr. W. Frank Blair.
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—Jackson Pollock (1912–1956)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)